James Madison University is named eponymously to honor the fourth president of the United States, James Madison. Madison was instrumental in shaping the early American government. He was so ...

James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... sponsored the Bill of Rights. As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals.

As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...

Award-winning author and historian Don Hickey will deliver an illustrated lecture on “James Madison: America’s Fourth President” at the Betty Strong Encounter Center at 2 p.m., Sunday, ...

James Madison was born on the Belle Grove Plantation in King George in 1751. He then went on to become the fourth president ...